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πεινάω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaπεινάω
Citation formπεινάω
Part of speechverb
GlossI am hungry, needy
Strong’sG3983
Transliterationpeináō
Definitionto famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
KJV glosses:--be an hungered.
Derivationfrom the same as (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
SBLGNT occurrences23

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπείνασα
verb, first person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1AAI-S--) — Matthew 25:35
verb, first person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1AAI-S--) — Matthew 25:42
ἐπείνασαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--) — Matthew 12:1
ἐπείνασεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Matthew 12:3
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Matthew 21:18
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Matthew 4:2
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Mark 11:12
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Mark 2:25
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Luke 4:2
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Luke 6:3
πεινᾷ
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 11:21
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 11:34
verb, third person, present, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3PAS-S--) — Romans 12:20
πεινᾶν
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Philippians 4:12
πεινάσετε
verb, second person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2FAI-P--) — Luke 6:25
πεινάσῃ
verb, third person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 3AAS-S--) — John 6:35
πεινάσουσιν
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Revelation 7:16
πεινῶμεν
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — 1 Corinthians 4:11
πεινῶντα
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPASM-) — Matthew 25:37
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPASM-) — Matthew 25:44
πεινῶντας
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPAPM-) — Luke 1:53
πεινῶντες
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Matthew 5:6
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Luke 6:21

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πειναω.

Additional Greek lexicons

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